Extractions: I went to NYC with a bunch of friends in 1990. I heard that Al Lewis (GRAMPA) owned an Italian Restaurant in Greenwich Village. My friend Tim knew where it was. When we got there we stood outside peeking in the window. I wasn't going to eat there unless I could actually meet GRAMPA. Well, we saw him way in the back of the Restaurant....and get this, he was dressed in full Cowboy garb. He was wearing a cowboy hat down to the boots. Why? I still ask myself that question. Anyway, we sat down and had a pizza or two while Grampa hit some of his waiter's over the head with menus and told them to "Get your ass' moving!" On the way out I asked Grampa for his autograph with his politely signed onto a book of matches The guy must be 100 years old by now but he remains my idol. Back to the Celebs Top Page All Brushes

Al Lewis Autograph Info Al Lewis's signature is the easiest to fake of all the MunstersSignatures. Also Al lewis always writes his name as one word. http://users.owt.com/jesyr/munstermemories/Lewis.html

Al Lewis Al Lewis was born April 30, 1910. However, some Last Updated 412-01.Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis in drag, in The Munsters' Revenge. http://www.freehomepages.com/munsters/allewis.html

Extractions: Al Lewis was born April 30, 1910. However, some sources say that this is untrue, and that he was born much later. In the late 1920's (supposedly) Lewis worked as a circus clown. He recieved a Ph.D. in child psychology from Columbia University at age 31. In 1961, he did Car 54, Where Are You? with Fred Gwynne and Joe E. Ross. He played Officer Leo Schnauser. After that was cancelled, Al and Fred were flown to California to do a pilot for a show called "The Munsters". After two years, he was forever branded as Grandpa, or Grampa, all over the world. Although he is often referred to as Grandpa Munster, that is technically incorrect, since Lily married Herman Munster not him. But does it matter? Al Lewis thrives at being America's #1 Grandpa, and continues to do occasional appearances with other "Munsters." He has done many other plays and movies as well. He has run for political office in New York. He has his own talk show in New York City, and he used to have a restaurant called "Grampa's" in Greenwich Village. He divorced his wife, Marge Lewis, in the 1970's, with whom he had three sons. He has since remarried to Karen Lewis. He reunited with Fred Gwynne shortly before Fred's death.

Al "Grampa" Lewis AL GRAMPA LEWIS. Al Lewis is a former circus and vaudeville performerand holder of a PhD in Child Psychology from Columbia University. http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/3257/grandpa.html

Extractions: Al Lewis is a former circus and vaudeville performer and holder of a PhD in Child Psychology from Columbia University. He was very active as a character actor in the early days of television. Grandpa Munster (officially Count Dracula , thank you) was created for the TV Show, The Munsters in the early 1960's. Al Lewis was forever typecast as Grandpa (before The Munsters Al was Schnauser on Car 54 Where are You? , which also featured Fred Gwynne). He reprised his role for Ted Turner's Superstation to host Grampa's Super Scary Saturday from 1987 to 1989. Al is still active in the New York area and is a semi-semi regular on the Howard Stern show.

Extractions: To Pay Over $6.5 Million For Securities Fraud The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on August 23, 2001, the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia found Washington D.C. attorney Lewis A. Rivlin liable for securities fraud and ordered him to pay over $6.5 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest. Based primarily on evidence adduced at a five day bench trial in October 2000, the Court found that Rivlin violated the federal securities laws in 1997-98 when he offered securities involving a non-existent high-yield bank debenture "trading program" to investors and sold $6.239 million of the worthless securities to four investor groups, including an Ecuadorian charity for underprivileged girls. According to Rivlin, the "trading program" was based on the ability of certain individuals, known as "commitment holders," to buy medium term notes or debentures from the top 25 European banks at a deep discount 70% of face value and then resell the instruments to major investment firms like Merrill Lynch at only a small discount, perhaps 96% of face value, on some kind of secret trading market. The Court found, however, that Rivlin's "trading program" was "a complete scam," and that none of the investor funds Rivlin obtained was ever used in any "trading program."

The Cast Al Lewis Born April 30, 1923 Birthplace Wolcott, New York. Al Lewis startedout as a circus clown. In 1998 Al Lewis ran for governor of New York. http://www.classictvhits.com/munsters/cast/al.html

Grandpa Grandpa is played by al lewis. He was born on April 30, 1910, in Brooklyn, New York. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2084/grandpa.html

Extractions: He first became involved in show business in 1923 as a circus clown for three different circuses, riding a unicycle and performing stunts on the trapeze bar. He went on to appear in carnivals, then medicine shows. He started out in radio on WGN in Chicago. He came to New York and worked on radio soap operas. Later, Lewis taught school and wrote two children's books. During World War II, he worked as a seaman and was torpedoed twice. Al received a Ph.D. in child psychology from Columbia University at the age of 31. In 1949, at the suggestion of a friend, Lewis turned to acting and joined the Paul Mann Actor's Workshop in New York. Al worked in burlesque and vaudeville theaters across the country, which led to other theater endeavors and eventually to Broadway. By the 1950's he was on almost every live TV show out of New York. Al ran for governor of New York in 1998. Maybe he'll run again. Make sure you go out and vote your support Officer Leo Schnauser on Car 54, Where Are You?"